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Beyond government : Organisations for common benefit.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi; Mac Millan.; 1991Description: 216 pISBN:
  • 9780333444726
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23 Cur
Summary: This is a series of concise introductory textbooks covering some of the topics that are part of the current development debate. All the authors concentrate on the practical aspects of development, drawing on a wealth of case studies, many of them based on their own first-hand experience. Beyond Government - Organisation for common benefit This book is intended for both students and practitioners of development. Its central theme is that privatisation is not the only answer to the ineffectiveness of 'big government' - people do organise themselves. How do people organise for their common benefit? The extensive case material presented here shows that a variety of successful arrangements have been worked out. Where people co-operate to obtain a common good, sharing solutions have to be found. This applies, for example, to the management of complex irrigation systems, to the financing of community schools and clinics as well as to the modern industrial firm.
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This is a series of concise introductory textbooks covering some of the topics that are part of the current development debate. All the authors concentrate on the practical aspects of development, drawing on a wealth of case studies, many of them based on their own first-hand experience.

Beyond Government - Organisation for common benefit

This book is intended for both students and practitioners of development. Its central theme is that privatisation is not the only answer to the ineffectiveness of 'big government' - people do organise themselves.

How do people organise for their common benefit? The extensive case material presented here shows that a variety of successful arrangements have been worked out. Where people co-operate to obtain a common good, sharing solutions have to be found. This applies, for example, to the management of complex irrigation systems, to the financing of community schools and clinics as well as to the modern industrial firm.

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